2002 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 2002
AN ACT apportioning state representative districts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hager, Merr. 18; Rep. Heon, Straf 14; Rep. Mirski, Graf 12; Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 44
This bill establishes new state representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-2469
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT apportioning state representative districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Representative Districts. RSA 662:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:5 State Representative Districts. The state is divided into districts for the choosing of state representatives, each of which may elect the number of representatives set forth opposite the district, as follows:
I. Belknap County.
District No. 1 Center Harbor
New Hampton 1
District No. 2 Meredith 2
District No. 3 Sanbornton
Tilton 1
District No. 4 Belmont 2
District No. 5 Belmont
Sanbornton
Tilton 1
District No. 6 Gilmanton 1
District No. 7 Alton 1
District No. 8 Barnstead 1
District No. 9 Gilford 2
District No. 10 Alton
Barnstead
Gilford 1
District No. 11 Laconia Wards 1, 2, and 6 2
District No. 12 Laconia Wards 3-5 2
District No. 13 Laconia Wards 1-6 1
II. Carroll County.
District No. 1 Bartlett
Chatham
Hart's Location
Jackson 1
District No. 2 Conway
Hale's Location 2
District No. 3 Bartlett
Chatham
Conway
Hale's Location
Hart's Location
Jackson 1
District No. 4 Albany
Eaton
Madison 1
District No. 5 Effingham
Freedom
Ossipee
Tamworth 3
District No. 6 Moultonborough
Sandwich
Tuftonboro 2
District. No. 7 Brookfield
Wolfeboro 2
District No. 8 Wakefield 1
District No. 9 Brookfield
Moultonborough
Sandwich
Tuftonboro
Wakefield
Wolfeboro 1
III. Cheshire County.
District No. 1 Walpole 1
District No. 2 Alstead
Gilsum
Marlow
Nelson
Stoddard
Surry 1
District No. 3 Alstead
Gilsum
Marlow
Nelson
Stoddard
Surry
Walpole 1
District No. 4 Chesterfield 1
District No. 5 Hinsdale 1
District No. 6 Winchester 1
District No. 7 Chesterfield
Hinsdale
Winchester 1
District No. 8 Fitzwilliam
Richmond 1
District No. 9 Rindge 1
District No. 10 Swanzey 2
District No. 11 Fitzwilliam
Richmond
Rindge
Swanzey 1
District No. 12 Dublin
Jaffrey
Troy 3
District No. 13 Harrisville
Marlborough 1
District No. 14 Keene Ward 1 1
District No. 15 Keene Ward 2
Roxbury
Sullivan 1
District No. 16 Keene Ward 3 1
District No. 17 Keene Ward 4 1
District No. 18 Keene Wards 1-4
Roxbury
Sullivan 2
District No. 19 Keene Ward 5
Westmoreland 2
IV. Coos County.
District No. 1 Clarksville
Colebrook
Columbia
Pittsburg
Stewartstown 1
District No. 2 Northumberland
Stratford 1
District. No. 3 Kilkenny
Lancaster 1
District No. 4 Clarksville
Colebrook
Columbia
Kilkenny
Lancaster
Pittsburg
Stewartstown 1
District No. 5 Berlin
Carroll
Jefferson
Randolph 4
District No. 6 Dalton
Whitefield 1
District No. 7 Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant
Cambridge
Dix's Grant
Dixville
Dummer
Errol
Erving's Location
Milan
Millsfield
Odell
Second College Grant
Shelburne
Stark
Success
Wentworth's Location 1
District No. 8 Bean's Grant
Bean's Purchase
Chandler's Purchase
Crawford's Purchase
Cutt's Grant
Gorham
Green's Grant
Hadley's Purchase
Low and Burbank's Grant
Martin's Location
Pinkham's Grant
Sargent's Purchase
Thompson and Meserve's Purchase 1
V. Grafton County.
District No. 1 Bethlehem
Littleton
Monroe 3
District No. 2 Bath
Lisbon
Lyman 1
District No. 3 Benton
Franconia
Landaff
Sugar Hill
Warren 1
District No. 4 Easton
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Livermore
Waterville Valley
Woodstock 1
District No. 5 Haverhill
Orford
Piermont 2
District No. 6 Ashland
Campton
Holderness
Thornton 3
District No. 7 Plymouth 2
District No. 8 Alexandria
Bridgewater
Bristol
Hebron 2
District No. 9 Dorchester
Groton
Rumney
Wentworth 1
District No. 10 Hanover
Lyme 4
District No. 11 Canaan
Enfield
Grafton
Orange 3
District No. 12 Lebanon 4
VI. Hillsborough County.
District No. 1 Antrim
Deering 1
District No. 2 Hillsborough
Windsor 1
District No. 3 Antrim
Deering
Hillsborough
Windsor 1
District No. 4 Weare 2
District No. 5 Goffstown 5
District No. 6 Goffstown
Weare 1
District No. 7 Bennington
Francestown
Greenfield 1
District No. 8 Lyndeborough
Mont Vernon 1
District. No. 9 New Boston 1
District No. 10 Bennington
Francestown
Greenfield
Lyndeborough
Mont Vernon
New Boston 1
District No. 11 Hancock
Peterborough
Sharon
Temple 3
District No. 12 Amherst 3
District No. 13 Milford 4
District No. 14 Hollis 2
District No. 15 Amherst
Hollis
Milford 1
District No. 16 New Ipswich 1
District No. 17 Greenville
Mason 1
District No. 18 Wilton 1
District No. 19 Brookline 1
District No. 20 Brookline
Greenville
Mason
New Ipswich
Wilton 1
District No. 21 Litchfield 2
District No. 22 Hudson 7
District No. 23 Pelham 3
District No. 24 Hudson
Litchfield
Pelham 1
District No. 25 Merrimack 8
District No. 26 Bedford 6
District No. 27 Nashua Ward 1 3
District No. 28 Nashua Ward 2 3
District No. 29 Nashua Ward 3 3
District No. 30 Nashua Ward 4 3
District No. 31 Nashua Ward 5 3
District No. 32 Nashua Ward 6 3
District No. 33 Nashua Ward 7 3
District No. 34 Nashua Ward 8 3
District No. 35 Nashua Ward 9 3
District No. 36 Nashua Wards 1-9 1
District No. 37 Manchester Ward 1 3
District No. 38 Manchester Ward 2 3
District No. 39 Manchester Ward 3 3
District No. 40 Manchester Ward 4 3
District No. 41 Manchester Ward 5 3
District No. 42 Manchester Ward 6 3
District No. 43 Manchester Ward 7 3
District No. 44 Manchester Ward 8 3
District No. 45 Manchester Ward 9 3
District No. 46 Manchester Ward 10 2
District No. 47 Manchester Ward 11 2
District No. 48 Manchester Ward 12 2
District No. 49 Manchester Wards 10, 11, and 12 2
VII. Merrimack County.
District No. 1 Andover
Hill 1
District No. 2 Danbury
New London
Wilmot 2
District No. 3 Newbury
Sutton
Warner 2
District No. 4 Bradford
Henniker 2
District No. 5 Dunbarton
Hopkinton
Webster 2
District No. 6 Bow 2
District No. 7 Bow
Dunbarton
Hopkinton
Webster 1
District No. 8 Hooksett 4
District No. 9 Allenstown
Pembroke 4
District No. 10 Chichester
Epsom 2
District No. 11 Pittsfield 1
District No. 12 Loudon 1
District No. 13 Canterbury
Northfield 2
District No. 14 Boscawen 1
District No. 15 Boscawen
Canterbury
Loudon
Northfield
Pittsfield 1
District No. 16 Franklin
Salisbury 3
District No. 17 Concord Ward 1 1
District No. 18 Concord Ward 2 1
District No. 19 Concord Ward 3 1
District No. 20 Concord Ward 4 1
District No. 21 Concord Ward 5 1
District No. 22 Concord Ward 6 1
District No. 23 Concord Ward 7 1
District No. 24 Concord Ward 8 1
District No. 25 Concord Ward 9 1
District No. 26 Concord Ward 10 1
District No. 27 Concord Wards 1-10 3
VIII. Rockingham County.
District No. 1 Northwood 1
District No. 2 Nottingham 1
District No. 3 Deerfield 1
District No. 4 Candia 1
District No. 5 Candia
Deerfield
Northwood
Nottingham 1
District No. 6 Raymond 3
District No. 7 Auburn 1
District No. 8 Chester 1
District No. 9 Auburn
Chester
Raymond 1
District No. 10 Danville 1
District No. 11 Sandown 1
District No. 12 Fremont 1
District No. 13 Danville
Sandown 1
District No. 14 Atkinson 2
District No. 15 Hampstead 2
District No. 16 Plaistow 2
District No. 17 Hampstead
Plaistow 1
District No. 18 Derry 11
District No. 19 Londonderry 7
District No. 20 Windham 3
District No. 21 Londonderry
Windham 1
District No. 22 Salem 9
District No. 23 Epping 1
District No. 24 Epping
Fremont 1
District No. 25 Exeter
Kensington 5
District No. 26 Brentwood 1
District No. 27 East Kingston
Kingston
Newton 4
District No. 28 Newfields
Newmarket 3
District No. 29 Stratham 2
District No. 30 Greenland 1
District No. 31 New Castle
Rye 2
District No. 32 North Hampton 1
District No. 33 Hampton
Hampton Falls 5
District No. 34 Hampton
Hampton Falls
North Hampton 1
District No. 35 Seabrook
South Hampton 3
District No. 36 Portsmouth Ward 1 1
District No. 37 Portsmouth Ward 2 1
District No. 38 Newington
Portsmouth Ward 3 1
District No. 39 Portsmouth Ward 4 1
District No. 40 Portsmouth Ward 5 1
District No. 41 Portsmouth Wards 1, 2, and 5 1
District No. 42 Newington
Portsmouth Wards 3 and 4 1
IX. Strafford County.
District No. 1 Farmington 1
District No. 2 Milton 1
District No. 3 Middleton
New Durham 1
District No. 4 Farmington
Middleton
Milton
New Durham 1
District No. 5 Rochester Ward 1 1
District No. 6 Rochester Ward 2 1
District No. 7 Rochester Wards 1 and 2 1
District No. 8 Rochester Ward 3 1
District No. 9 Rochester Ward 4 1
District No. 10 Rochester Wards 3 and 4 1
District No. 11 Rochester Ward 5 1
District No. 12 Rochester Ward 6 1
District No. 13 Rochester Wards 5 and 6 1
District No. 14 Rollinsford
Somersworth 5
District No. 15 Dover Ward 1 1
District No. 16 Dover Ward 6 1
District No. 17 Dover Wards 1 and 6 1
District No. 18 Dover Ward 2 1
District No. 19 Dover Ward 3 1
District No. 20 Dover Wards 2 and 3 1
District No. 21 Dover Ward 4 1
District No. 22 Dover Ward 5 1
District No. 23 Dover Wards 4 and 5 1
District No. 24 Durham 4
District No. 25 Barrington 2
District No. 26 Lee
Madbury 1
District No. 27 Strafford 1
District No. 28 Barrington
Durham
Lee
Madbury
Strafford 1
X. Sullivan County.
District No. 1 Cornish
Plainfield 1
District No. 2 Claremont Ward 3 1
District No. 3 Claremont Ward 2 1
District No. 4 Claremont Wards 2 and 3
Cornish
Plainfield 1
District No. 5 Claremont Ward 1 1
District No. 6 Charlestown 1
District No. 7 Acworth
Langdon
Lempster
Washington 1
District No. 8 Acworth
Claremont Ward 1
Charlestown
Langdon
Lempster
Washington 1
District No. 9 Grantham
Springfield 1
District No. 10 Sunapee 1
District No. 11 Croydon
Goshen
Newport
Unity 3
2 Application. The changes in state representative districts established by this act shall not affect constituencies or terms of office of representatives presently in office. The state representative districts established by this act shall be in effect for the purpose of electing representatives at the 2002 state general election. If there shall be a vacancy in a state representatives district for any reason prior to the 2002 state general election, the vacancy shall be filled by and from the same state representative district that existed for the 2000 state general election. No provision of this act shall affect in any manner any of the proceedings of the membership of the house of representatives of the general court that assembled for a biennial session in January 2001.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.